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The new "front door" to Tri-County Mall, as displayed in marketing materials by Jones Lang LaSalle.
The new owners of Tri-County Mall have a $30 million budget for the first phase of the shopping center’s revitalization project, general manager Michael Lyons told WCPO in an exclusive interview at the International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas.
“It’s not cheap,” Lyons said. “We’re looking to bring the right tenants in and looking to add the right aesthetic elements that come with a lifestyle center. So that comes with a cost and this ownership has gained an understanding of that cost and they have the ability to pull it off. “
The company has previously announced plans to bring a hotel and new retail tenants to the mall but hasn’t revealed cost estimates until now. The latest design elements were first disclosed to retailers two weeks ago. This is the first time they’ve been released to any media outlet.
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LAS VEGAS - The new owners of Tri-County Mall have a $30 million budget for the first phase of the shopping center’s revitalization project, general manager Michael Lyons told WCPO in an exclusive interview at the International Council of Shopping Centers convention in Las Vegas.
A new leasing plan and project renderings prepared for the ICSC event show a grand new entrance facing State Route 747 with broader landscaped sidewalks for outdoor dining. Neither Lyons nor members of his leasing team would identify tenants, but they said retailer interest is strong enough that they expect new leases to be signed within 60 days.
A steak house and an Italian restaurant are likely to claim the prime new spots on either side of the mall’s main entrance, said Melissa Ruther, vice president of retail brokerage for Jones Lang LaSalle.
“The steak restaurant would be a rebrand of a concept that’s already in the market,” Ruther added. “The Italian restaurant is new to the Cincinnati market.”
Built in 1960, the 1.3 million-square-foot mall has a 22 percent vacancy rate caused by the recession, retail expansion to the north and a foreclosure action against the property’s former owners. SingHaiyi Group Ltd., a Singapore-based real estate investment company, paid $45 million for the property at a sheriff’s auction last July.
Ruther said soft goods retailers ranging from 10,000 to 70,000 square feet have expressed interest in opening stores at Tri-County, which has more than 650,000 people living within 10 miles and an average household income of $73,242 within a five mile radius. That income is projected to grow 18 percent to $85,796 by 2018, according to the marketing materials.
“This is not a dying area. This is an area with high demographics, a lot of traffic,” said Mary Bresnahan, also a Jones Lang LaSalle vice president. She said the leasing plan and renovation represents “what the neighbors deserve.”
The leasing plan includes freestanding quick-service restaurants on lots close to Princeton Pike. The first phase also includes a limited service hotel with a banquet and conference center that will generate traffic for restaurants and retail tenants.
The mall is “talking to three different operators” for the hotel, Ruther said. She declined to name the candidates.
Cincinnati had a 12.5 percent retail vacancy rate in the first quarter of 2014, according to Reis Reports, a real estate data firm. That’s down from last year’s rate of 13.7 percent but higher than the national rate of 10.4 percent, said Frederick Schmidt, president and chief operating officer of Coldwell Banker Commercial Affiliates LLC. Also on the plus side, retail rents rose here by 1.8 percent in the first quarter.
“You’re moving in the right direction,” he said. “It’s slow, steady growth.”
Schmidt said Tri-County benefits from being in a market with high quality of life ratings and a strong roster of Fortune 500 companies. So,
“If you have a landlord that can stabilize the rents and repurpose, put some money into it, that’s an encouraging sign,” he said. “If the anchors are stable, they probably can do some things to reposition it.”


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Gilberto Valle, an NYPD officer, has been arrested after details of a plot to kidnap and eat women came to light. Officer Valle is alleged to have used NYPD databases to locate 100 potential victims, and left detailed notes on his plans to murder and eat them. He also offered to kidnap women for money, corresponding with online acquaintances. From an AP article by Colleen Long and Tom Hays:
One document found on his computer was titled "Abducting and Cooking (Victim 1): A Blueprint," according to the complaint. The file also had the woman's birth date and other personal information and a list of "materials needed" — a car, chloroform and rope.
"I was thinking of tying her body onto some kind of apparatus ... cook her over low heat, keep her alive as long as possible," Valle allegedly wrote in one exchange in July, the complaint says.
In other online conversations, investigators said, Valle talked about the mechanics of fitting the woman's body into an oven (her legs would have to be bent), said he could make chloroform at home to knock a woman out and discussed how "tasty" one woman looked.
"Her days are numbered," he wrote, according to the complaint.
NYC officer arrested in ghoulish kidnap plot
Beth Jacobson was a Wells Fargo loan officer who blew the whistle on the bank’s predatory, racist loan-fraud in the runup to the 2008 financial crisis, which tanked the world’s economy and nearly wiped out Wells Fargo (they were rescued with a $36B taxpayer-funded bailout).
Robert Croucher owns Hatton & Berkeley, a firm that sent “speculative invoices” to people it accused of illegally downloading the Robert Redford movie “The Company You Keep” — letters so egregious that Lord Lucas described the company as “scammers” and the letters as “extortion,” urging Britons to “put them in the bin.”
CNN Money has found multiple whistleblowers from Wells Fargo who were willing to go on the record and report that they were fired in retaliation for coming forward to report the massive fraud in which Wells Fargo employees opened up 2,000,000 fake accounts in their customers’ names, raiding their real accounts to open them, then […]
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LOS ANGELES & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Candle Media (“Candle”), the next-generation media company run by Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, today announced the acquisition of ATTN:, a leading purpose-driven, social storytelling company.
Candle will help provide scale, capital and expertise to accelerate ATTN:’s growth as they continue to create original content for Gen Z and Millennials across social media, network television and streaming services, in addition to growing their publishing, brand studio, creative strategy and agency services, including a first-of-its-kind TikTok Studio that supports brands and influencers looking to engage new audiences on the platform. ATTN:’s Co-Founders, Matthew Segal and Jarrett Moreno, and ATTN:’s existing senior management team will continue to oversee ATTN:’s day-to-day operations, original content, production and studio work. The transaction is expected to close within thirty days.
Kevin Mayer & Tom Staggs, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of Candle, said: “ATTN: has a deep, digital-native understanding for how to cut through the noise and reach today’s audiences through engaging content on social media. We are excited for them to join Candle and provide the benefits of their talented team’s expertise across our brands and franchises.”
Matthew Segal and Jarrett Moreno, ATTN:’s Co-Founders, said: “ATTN:’s mission has always been to use creative and clever storytelling to make important issues more digestible for mass audiences. Partnering with Candle and their growing, talented team of creators will allow us to further this mission in a whole new way, accelerating our growth and reaching even more people with what we create.”
Since launching in 2014, ATTN: has been the leading media company to bridge entertainment with topical issues to explain the world around us. They are leaders when it comes to reaching young people who want context on the issues and conversations that matter to them, specifically Gen Z and Millennial audiences who consume content on social media. They have created original series for Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitch, as well as for networks including ABC, NBC, CBS, MTV, Freeform and Discovery and streaming services like Hulu and Apple TV. ATTN:’s brand studio and creative agency have worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands including Amazon, Ford, Google, Intel, Mattel, P&G, Target and T-Mobile.
Last year, ATTN: launched a TikTok Studio to empower brands and influencers with end-to-end creative, strategy and production solutions on the platform, including TikTok themselves, who tapped ATTN: in a year-long partnership to run their social good account, TikTok for Good, which was recently renewed for a second year. ATTN: has been named among Fast Company's most innovative companies and recognized with multiple awards for their original series, branded videos, creative campaigns and TV specials. ATTN: was advised by The Raine Group as financial advisor and by Sidley Austin LLP as legal counsel.
About Candle Media
Candle is an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises that is built for the digital age. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond. Candle is run by its Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, leading entertainment executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs, and backed by investment capital from funds managed by Blackstone’s flagship private equity business.
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Sotheby’s said on Tuesday it would accept bitcoin and ethereum as payment for Banksy’s iconic artwork “Love is in the Air,” a first for a physical art auction and the latest sign of growing mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies.
Bidding for the work is estimated at $3 million to $5 million, Sotheby’s said, with the buyer having the option to pay with cryptocurrency.
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The auction house has tied up with cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Global Inc for the sale. Coinbase said in a blog it would help manage price fluctuations during the auction in New York next week.
Bitcoin hit a record high just shy of $65,000 last month, the latest landmark on the emerging asset’s march to wider acceptance. Its gains have been fueled by growing acceptance among major US companies and financial firms.
Cryptocurrencies have already made a mark in the world of digital art.
A digital artwork -- “Everydays - The First 5000 Days” by American artist Mike Winkelmann who is better known as Beeple -- sold for nearly $70 million at Christie’s in March, in the first ever sale by a major auction house of a piece of art that does not exist in physical form.
Coinbase said its partnership with Sotheby’s could pave the way for further adoption of cryptocurrency across the bidding house’s auctions.
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Officials say that this led to consultations within the government which concluded that the global chip shortage, among other factors, is going to hamper the implementation of these norms.
It was initially planned to implement the next stage of emission norms for tractors (TREM Stage-IV) from October 1, 2020. It was later decided to defer this date to October 1, 2021, and then to April 1, 2022. The centre has now decided to make these stricter emission norms applicable from October 1, 2022.
This move will be a relief for manufacturers of agricultural machinery such as tractors, power tillers and combined harvesters.
The centre had released the final rules for emission standards for agricultural tractors in March 2018. With this, India had become the first region outside of the European Union to develop such stringent emission standards. The country took a lead over countries such as the United States, Japan and China in its control of emissions from new diesel powered non-road equipment.
But the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent global supply chain logjams has raised fears of higher costs and burden on farmers. It is expected that stricter emission norms for farm equipment that conform to Euro Stage IV may result in prices of these equipment being increased by 10-20%.
According to ICRA, these new norms are unlikely to be a major disruptor. The current TREM Stage-III A emission norms are applicable for tractors across horsepower (HP) categories in India. These existing norms were enforced from April 2010 and 2011 in a phased manner. The revised TREM IV emission norms are slated to be applicable for tractors with a capacity more than 50 HP. This is expected to impacting only around 10% of the overall industry volumes.
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Saakashvili visits winter resort in mountainous Adjara Region
President Saakashvili visited Thursday Gomarduli tourist center in Georgia`s mountainous region of Adjara.
The resort has met the new winter season with refurbished infrastructure. 5 new cottage hotels, each capable to accommodate 100 guests, were constructed there. The hotels will offer all kinds of comfortable conditions to guests arriving in the region.
Gomarduli resort has received plenty of guests during the last two years. Several sports competitions take place there during one season.
New family-type cottages are also expected to be constructed in Gomarduli in the future. Number of funicular railways and ski traces is also expected to rise.
United National Movement is concerned about the economic regress in the country and calls on the government to apply to all necessary measures for overcoming the increasing crisis. Member of the parliamentary minority Giorgi Kandelaki spoke about these issues at the briefing today.
Chief sanitarian doctor of Russia, Genady Onishchenko is satisfied with the quality of the spirits exported from Georgia to Russia after passing several phases of inspection on the site. Onishchenko said in his recent interview that over 618,000 liters of alcoholic drinks were exported from Georgia and the product met local standards.
First Georgia-Iran business forum was opened in Tbilisi today. Business persons from Iran, representatives of the Chamber of Commerce and Trade and Georgian officials are meeting at Expo Georgia Exhibition Center.
Batumi is hosting a joint conference of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly and Baltic Assembly. The chairperson of the GUAM Parliamentary Assembly, Georgian Parliament`s Vice Speaker Zurab Abashidze told reporters that during the two days the participants of the conference would take a resolution
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Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili hosted the delegation of the Asseco Group at his residence today. The sides discussed investment environment for the IT technologies in Georgia at present.
United National Movement is concerned about the fall of the index of economic growth in the country. Giorgi Vashadze of the parliamentary minority says the official data released the State Department of Statistics shows that both import and export were reduced during the past month.


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Things are looking up across the retailing landscape these days, but demand trends are especially strong in the off-price niche in which TJX Companies (TJX 1.01%) competes. The retailer recently posted a surprising acceleration of its growth pace between the first and second quarters. Executives see that positive momentum continuing to lift results at least through the second half of the fiscal year.
In a conference call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Ernie Herrman and his team shared more context around that brightening outlook. Below are a few highlights from that presentation.
Surprising the management team
... [O]ur 6% consolidated comparable store sales increase was on top of last year's 3% increase and significantly above our expectations.
-- CFO Scott Goldenberg
Back in May, management forecast comp sales growth between 1% and 2% for this quarter, which would have marked a slight deceleration from the first quarter's 3% increase. Instead, comp sales jumped 6%, thanks mainly to rising customer traffic across the T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, and HomeGoods banners.
Executives called out the apparel business as a particularly strong performer. They also pointed out that unlike discounters such as Walmart and Target -- which announced first-quarter comp sales growth of 4.5% and 6.5%, respectively -- TJX Companies' comparable-store sales figure excludes the e-commerce channel.
Meeting the online challenge
With the vast majority of overall retail sales still happening in brick-and-mortar locations, and online retailers of all sizes starting to open physical stores, we are convinced that our four decades of experience in operating stores and responding to consumer trends is a tremendous advantage.
-- CEO Ernie Herrman
TJX Companies took baby steps toward bulking up its tiny e-commerce segment this quarter, and management said it was happy with the company's success at marketing that channel. But TJX executives spent more time explaining how they see their competitive advantages translating well in the emerging multichannel selling environment.
The retailer boasts major assets including a large universe of vendors, flexible store layouts, quick inventory turnover, and brands that consumers have grown to trust over the last 40 years. As a result, executives still see plenty of room to expand the physical store base to as many as 6,100 locations from 4,200 today.
Looking ahead to the holidays
... [W]e're extremely pleased with our second quarter performance and have many initiatives planned to continue driving sales and traffic in the back half of this year. The marketplace is loaded with quality branded merchandise and we love the buying opportunities that we are seeing.
Executives described TJX's inventory position as "excellent" heading into the back half of fiscal 2019. They're seeing plenty of good opportunities to acquire high-quality merchandise at a discount, too.
Those positive trends, plus the outperformance that the retailer has managed so far this year, led to a significant upgrade to TJX Companies' full-year outlook. The company now expects comp sales growth of 3% to 4%, which would mark its 23rd consecutive year of gains by that metric. Executives left their core profitability targets unchanged but noted that the faster sales growth should allow earnings per share (excluding the benefit from tax reform) to rise by about 7%, rather than the 5% to 6% increase projected back in May.
"... [W]e are convinced we will continue to gain market share by growing our customer base ... and driving more shopping visits," Herrman said, noting that the retailer has aggressive plans to boost traffic in the months leading up to, and including, the holiday shopping season demand spike.


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Reporting into Dean Taylor, Momentum Worldwide’s UK director of creative strategy, Mayes will front the digital offering of the agency, ensuring that digital strategic thinking and delivery is central to every client activation across experiential, shopper and sponsorship. He will be working with brands such as Microsoft, UPS, Nestlé, American Experess, SAP and Premier League and will be responsible for keeping the agency up to speed with the latest innovations in experience led technology such as holographic computing, AR, VR and digital retail displays.
Mayes is a highly experienced digital leader, combining strategy, innovation, creative thinking, project development and platform delivery for some of the world’s leading brands and rights holders including FIFA, Intel, J&J, Nestlé, Unilever and VISA. During his career, Mayes has previously worked for the Interpublic Group, in founding roles at APL Digital, Zentropy Partners, and a creative leadership role within MRM Worldwide and most recently, spent the past four years within GMR Marketing, part of Omnicom Group as Head of Digtal.
Luke D’Arcy, Momentum Worldwide’s UK President, said: “We are thrilled to have Matthew join the team, he’s a visionary with infectious enthusiasm. So much of what we do is about keeping ahead of the curve, pushing our clients and ourselves to be bolder and braver. Matthew’s hire means our experience offering has never been stronger.”
Matthew Mayes, Momentum Worldwide’s UK chief technologist added: “I am delighted to be joining the fantastic team at Momentum Worldwide. With the advancement in digital technology there has never been a more exciting time to work in experiential marketing. Momentum Worldwide has number of exciting projects in the pipeline and I can’t wait to get stuck in.”
Mayes is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has won over 50 awards during his impressive career including BIMAs, D&AD and London International Advertising Awards.


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Wall Street analysts expect Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) to report sales of $557.06 million for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Seven analysts have issued estimates for Autodesk’s earnings, with estimates ranging from $554.42 million to $562.40 million. Autodesk posted sales of $485.70 million during the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year over year growth rate of 14.7%. The company is expected to announce its next earnings report on Thursday, May 17th.
On average, analysts expect that Autodesk will report full year sales of $557.06 million for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $2.48 billion to $2.51 billion. For the next fiscal year, analysts anticipate that the company will post sales of $3.17 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $3.07 billion to $3.30 billion. Zacks’ sales averages are an average based on a survey of sell-side analysts that cover Autodesk.
Autodesk (NASDAQ:ADSK) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, March 6th. The software company reported ($0.09) EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.11) by $0.02. The business had revenue of $554.00 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $544.74 million. Autodesk had a negative net margin of 27.57% and a negative return on equity of 206.64%. The business’s revenue was up 15.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.28) EPS.
In other Autodesk news, Director Lorrie M. Norrington sold 6,005 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $104.40, for a total value of $626,922.00. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, VP Paul D. Underwood sold 2,089 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $139.21, for a total value of $290,809.69. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 15,599 shares of company stock worth $1,744,319 in the last 90 days. 6.10% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Dorsey Wright & Associates lifted its holdings in Autodesk by 1.4% in the 4th quarter. Dorsey Wright & Associates now owns 36,122 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $3,787,000 after purchasing an additional 482 shares in the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Autodesk by 18.6% in the 4th quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 3,150 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $330,000 after purchasing an additional 495 shares in the last quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec lifted its holdings in Autodesk by 2.2% in the 3rd quarter. Caisse DE Depot ET Placement DU Quebec now owns 23,190 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $2,614,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares in the last quarter. Glaxis Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Autodesk by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Glaxis Capital Management LLC now owns 10,510 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $1,102,000 after purchasing an additional 510 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Stephens Investment Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in Autodesk by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Stephens Investment Management Group LLC now owns 45,667 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $4,787,000 after purchasing an additional 553 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 95.18% of the company’s stock.
Shares of Autodesk (ADSK) opened at $136.00 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $30,478.32, a P/E ratio of -52.51, a PEG ratio of 88.70 and a beta of 1.82. Autodesk has a one year low of $82.70 and a one year high of $141.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of -6.20, a quick ratio of 1.07 and a current ratio of 0.88.
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The company expects 2019 to be a "very difficult and competitive year," Bloomberg reports.
Suppliers have been grappling with a shift in iPhone demand.
Foxconn and Pegatron have been told to cut down production line plans, a report says.
President Trump was on hand to tout the building of iPhone-maker Foxconn's new $10 billion Wisconsin plant.
And the president praises Apple for investing $350 billion in the US -- though it's unlikely to be spent on new factories, as Trump hopes.
The factory is owned by Foxconn, which also makes Apple’s iPhones.
Foxconn wants to be more than just a manufacturer.
The electronics manufacturer is staying true to its $10 billion investment in a US factory.
Belkin, Wemo and Linksys have been bought by Foxconn, the Taiwanese electronics maker best known for assembling iPhones.
Findings include workers coming in contact with toxic chemicals without training or sufficient protection. Apple says it found no evidence to support the claims.
Chinese students say they were forced to work for Apple's manufacturing partner Foxconn in order to graduate from high school.
The announcement comes a week after the iPhone manufacturer said it will build a $10 billion plant in Wisconsin.
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Fort Pitt Beer memorabilia on display in the Jones Brewing Company gift shop in Smithton on Wednesday, September 28, 2011.
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It took over 50 years, but Fort Pitt beer should be back on store shelves within about two weeks, the businessman reintroducing the specialty lager said.
Mark Dudash, president and owner of Duquesne Bottling Co., said he began producing and packaging the brand on Tuesday in Latrobe at the City Brewing Co. plant. Wholesalers in the coming days will be loading the brew last seen in 1958 and distributing it from Johnstown to Bethlehem.
The Pittsburgh area will have to wait for Fort Pitt, said Dudash, who doesn’t want to crowd his recently introduced Duquesne LT, the light version of his flagship brand, Duquesne Pilsener.


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Bitcoin dropped under $30,000, breaking under a buying and selling vary that had held for the previous 4 weeks and probably establishing the biggest cryptocurrency for deeper value declines.
The cryptocurrency was buying and selling round $29,998 at press time and is down about 5% over the previous week.
Bitcoin has been locked within the broad value vary of $30,000 to $40,000 since mid-May, and briefly broke under the $30,000 mark on June 22. The cryptocurrency fleetingly traded at $29,700 a day after the Folks’s Financial institution of China ordered the nation’s main monetary establishments to cease facilitating crypto transactions.
“I’m anticipating a robust dip in the direction of $22K,” stated Patrick Heusser, head of buying and selling at Crypto Finance AG, in a telegram interview on Monday.
Wall Road is seeing “an excessive amount of froth” and present virus jitters are triggering widespread panic promoting of each high performing asset, with bitcoin being proper on the high of this checklist, in line with Edward Moya, senior market analyst at Oanda.
Moya stated that bitcoin could possibly be weak to a flash crash in the direction of the $20,000 degree which “ought to entice many institutional consumers which were ready patiently on the sidelines,”
“If the inventory market selloff intensifies, bitcoin and Ethereum will simply prolong their declines,” stated Moya.
Katie Stockton, founder and managing companion of Fairlead Methods, stated that the consolidation section bitcoin is at the moment experiencing is “impartial.”
However in her view, she stated, “a breakout is extra probably than a breakdown.”
In April, the bitcoin community was “so vibrant, it wasn’t tough supporting costs above $50K,” stated Charles Morris, founding father of ByteTree Asset Administration.
Nonetheless, in latest weeks, Morris stated, the extent of community exercise has collapsed.
“Now it’s extra in step with a $15K bitcoin value than a $50K,” he stated.
Bitcoin peaked slightly below $65,000 in mid-April.


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The first report on the State of the Digital Decade provides a comprehensive look at progress toward achieving the digital transformation to empower a more digitally sovereign, resilient, and competitive EU.
Mao Ning, the representative of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, insists that the government had not restricted the use of non-Chinese branded smartphones. However, she did mention local media reports of unspecified security issues related to the iPhone.
Mao stated China had not taken any legal or regulatory action to outlaw the purchase of non-domestic smartphones, citing Apple’s iPhone as an example. She said the government hopes all handset vendors operating in China strictly abide by its rules and regulations, including data security and personal information protection laws. Mao added the government attaches great importance to cyber and information security and treats Chinese and foreign companies as equals.
The comments were the first from the government since the country reportedly expanded a ban on the use of iPhones for official business by central government agencies to cover employees of local authorities and state-owned companies. China’s broad reference to iPhone security issues comes as an ongoing tech war between the country and the US escalates, with Huawei and chip manufacturing firmly in the crosshairs.


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Microsoft Windows Turns 25
Believe it or not Windows is turning 25 years old on November 20th. When it was launched in 1985 the PC market was barely out of its infancy, and whatever you may think of Microsoft as a company, it is amazing what Bill Gates & Co has built in such a relatively short time.
Windows has been through many iterations since Windows 1.0 first hit the shelves 25 years ago, with the latest and most advanced Windows 7 its current flagship product. Windows 8 is already in development.
In honor of Windows birthday, here’s a dozen interesting facts you probably never knew about Windows, Microsoft and Bill Gates:
1. Windows 1.0 was released on Nov 20th 1985 and the hardware requirements were 256KB of RAM, DOS 2.0 and two floppy drives, it was also two years late to market – sound familiar?
2. The retail price was $100 which equals about $213.00 today – about the price of Windows 7 Ultimate.
3. Microsoft sent out a press kit featuring a squeegee and a washcloth to announce the launch of Windows 1.0, a full two years before the product was launched.
4. If Bill Gates had gotten his way, he would have called it “Interface Manager”.
5. Windows 1.0 was only out for two weeks before it had to be patched to fix bugs (sound familiar?).
6. Windows 1.0 included a large number of utilities that are still part of Windows today – Calendar, Notepad, Terminal, Calculator, Clock, Windows Write and Windows Paint, Control Panel, and the Reversi game.
7. Support for Windows 1.0 was weak, and even Microsoft’s own applications didn’t support it. In fact, Excel and Word didn’t work with Windows until 1987 and 1989.
8. Windows 3.1 was the first stable release, which led to many hardware manufacturers preloading it on their computers. This proved to be the major turning point in Windows history and world domination.
9. Windows 3.1 (Pre-release name Janus) was released in March of 1992. In its first few months on the shelf it sold over 2 million copies (including upgrades). The Windows 3.1x OS’s were groundbreaking technology for their time and they paved the road for today’s modern Microsoft environments.
10. Since 1986 Microsoft’s stock has soared hundredfold and it’s estimated that Microsoft has created 4 billionaires and over 12,000 millionaires during that time. Not bad for a garage startup.
11. Erik Noyes from Charles Schwab came up with the phrase Blue Screen of Death “BSoD” in 1991.
12. Bill Gates scored 1590 on his SAT. Paul Allen, scored a perfect 1600.
Happy Birthday Billy!


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Paymentology joins API Exchange to support financial inclusion in Asia
UK cloud native payment processing platform Paymentology has joined APIX, a global open-architecture platform supporting financial inclusion and innovation.
Gaining membership of APIX is Paymentology’s latest move to position its market leading technologies at the centre of the rapidly growing Fintech market in Asia Pacific.
Having recently delivered the payments integration that supported Standard Chartered’s digital bank Mox Bank launching in the Hong Kong market, Paymentology announced in July that it was upscaling its Singapore presence, building on its already established data centre, with the appointment of Matt Bruton as General Manager for the Asia Pacific Region.
Matt Bruton says “We are supporting banks in Asia Pacific to become customer-centric whilst meeting their financial inclusion objectives. Our modular cloud-based architecture means banks can migrate from legacy systems to innovative solutions that give them full control over their card programme. APIX is the perfect platform to showcase our API capabilities and test some new technology.”
APIX is an initiative of the ASEAN Financial Innovation Network (AFIN), set up and developed in 2018 to drive the collaboration of new fintech solution providers.
Providing an infrastructure to enable financial institutions and fintech firms to connect and support each other, to design and validate digital solutions via APIs, and to facilitate the rapid deployment of digital solutions
Founder and CEO of Paymentology, Shane O’Hara commented, “Asia is an important region for us and we have rapidly established Paymentology as a natural choice for emerging digital banks requiring plug and play API solutions. Now being part of the APIX initiative positions us at the centre of developments and gives us access to a range of new business opportunities as we grow our footprint in the region.”


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‘My Affair with Michael Bastian’, est. 2007, has long strived to provide the latest news on American menswear designer Michael Bastian. In its 8+ years of existence, the site has arguably become the web’s foremost authority on all things Bastian.
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“The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.”- Baron Rothschild
“He should know,” writes Investopedia. “Rothschild made a fortune buying in the panic that followed the Battle of Waterloo against Napoleon.”
Our most recent Waterloo was the Covid-19 pandemic. It certainly created a “blood in the streets” level of panic. Sometime in late March of 2020, the Dow Jones dipped below 20,000 and bottomed out around 18,500. It was the moment Sir John Templeton called the “point of maximum pessimism.” About that time, my friend Bill called and convinced me it was time to start buying.
A contrarian investor par excellence, Bill has made big money buying when people are panic selling and selling when people are “hope buying,” as he puts it. Following his strategies, I bought shares of about two dozen quality companies that were on sale at deep, deep discounts. Most of the stocks were well-known names from the airline industry, cruise line industry and so on. An energy shock a short while later made the prices of even mega-companies like Exxon and BP too good to pass up. I bought those, too.
At that time, people were mocking the idea there could be a V-shaped recovery — but that is exactly what happened. At the time of this writing, the Dow Jones has fully recovered and surpassed its previous high, breaking 30,000. There are three approved vaccines and one major therapeutic beginning distribution. At some point all of my bargain-basement stocks, like the Dow, will exceed their previous 52-week highs. Several are close, and a few already have.
This raises the question of when to sell. Rothschild didn't cover that one. Bill predicted there will come a moment in 2021 when it will be announced that the pandemic is officially over and everyone will be “partying in the streets.” That will be the time to sell, he said. It struck me as the perfect way to finish the aphorism:
“The time to buy is when there's blood in the streets.
The time to sell is when there are parties in the streets.”


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Europe's new car market continues to slow, although June's fall in sales was less than in previous months this year.
New car registration figures for the whole of Europe in June show that the market was still down on the same period last year although the decline seems to be slowing as the market was down by two per cent in June compared with 6.6 per cent for the year to date.
According to the latest analysis from JATO Dynamics, of the "big five" markets only Germany and the UK recorded increased sales. There was a small decrease in France, while Italy and Spain recorded significant declines.
Of the top ten brands, only Volkswagen, Audi and BMW recorded increased sales in June compared with the same month in 2011. Volkswagen's Golf maintained its position as Europe's top performing model despite decreased sales volumes, selling 39,811 in June 2012 compared with 41,567 in June last year, a drop of 4.2 per cent.
Within the top 10 brands by volume, Volkswagen retains its place, ahead of Opel/Vauxhall and Renault. Ford and Fiat suffered the largest percentage fall in sales compared to last year, down 17.2 and 18.2 per cent respectively.
Just outside the top 10, Skoda, Toyota, Hyundai, Nissan and Kia, in 11th to 15th places, all recorded improved sales in June. Hyundai and Kia recorded the largest of these increases, up 23.2 and 18.9 per cent respectively.
The Opel/Vauxhall Corsa and Volkswagen Polo take second and third places, also despite reduced overall sales. Renault's Megane broke into the top five models in Europe due to strong sales of a tax-busting 90g/km model in the Netherlands, where 76,813 cars of all makes were sold in June 2012 compared to 50,493 during the same period last year.
Outside the top 10, new models such as the Peugeot 208, Volkswagen Up, latest-generation BMW 3-series and Mercedes-Benz B-class are recording the greatest increases in sales.
Gareth Hession, vice-president of research at JATO, said: "The performance of the Renault Mégane demonstrates how CO2 taxation can have a major impact on the customer's choice of car. With the EU pushing for lower CO2 emissions for 2020, this is a trend that will continue to influence the market."


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- Microsoft could use the E3 expo to reveal two new consoles.
- They are rumoured to be new versions of the Xbox One.
- The Electronic Entertainment Expo runs from 14-19 June.
According to a report from French tech site JeuxVideo, Microsoft will announce two new consoles at E3 2019 in June.
While Sony has decided to skip the trade expo altogether, Microsoft will reportedly unveil the Xbox Lockhart and Xbox Anaconda.
The story, as reported by GameRadar, says that Lockhart will probably be a cheaper version of the Xbox One console with no disc tray, relying on the cloud-based download system to help keep costs to a minimum. The premium Anaconda model, on the other hand, will feature a disc tray alongside greater specs and power.
It looks like Microsoft are trying to squeeze everything they can out of the Xbox One before they move onto the Xbox Scarlett, their true next-generation console. JeuxVideo reports that the tech giants will look to release Scarlett at the end of 2020, not long after Sony’s rumoured PlayStation 5 release date. Halo Infinite is said to be the launch title.
The Xbox One still has a raft of AAA games on the way, including the next Gears of War, and it’s easy to understand why Microsoft would want to squeeze everything they can from its current console before moving on.
Still, the mystery surrounding Sony’s PlayStation 5 plans means that Microsoft will be wary of getting beaten to the punch. Rumours suggest that Sony could be working on a fully backwards compatible console, and some experts have even speculated that it will be here by Christmas 2019.
All of this stuff should be taken with a pinch of salt, obviously, but it's gearing up to a very exciting E3 expo indeed.


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Google launches a new website to educate people about online scams
Hackers are more active during the COVID-19 outbreak than normal routine, considering which Google has introduced a new website to assist people in identifying and preventing internet fraud.
— Digitaliworld (@digitaliworld) June 1, 2020
Scamspotter is a website that would inform people regarding how to detect bogus stimulus checks, fake vaccine offers, or other false COVID-19 information. The common techniques adopted by fraudsters are also detected on the website e.g. romance scammers requesting to buy them a gift card or send money.
The website is a collaboration between Google and Cybercrime Support Network, a nonprofit company that assists the victims of internet scams and fraud. Quizzes related to common fraud situations are also available on the internet to aid people in identifying scams, like receiving a message about winning a contest even if a user has not taken part in one.
According to Google, the fraudsters have alarmingly exploited the outbreak. Federal Trade Commission announced that during the COVID-19 epidemic, Americans have approximately lost $40 million to various online scams. It is further predicted that in 2020, more than $2 billion will be stolen through Coronavirus-related or other online scams.
Federal Trade Commission also informed regarding the recent contact tracing scam through text message, a technique used for tracking the spread of the virus. Scammers ask personal information including security number, bank account, or at times credit card number.
The aim of the website is to enlighten and aware the elderly who are more susceptible to scams and lose a greater amount of money as compared to younger citizens, according to Google. The website also urges young people to spread the information to the senior people around them.
Vint Cerf, Google Vice President, stated that it is crucial for everyone to learn to identify the scams for which everyone should put in the effort.


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Almost half of businesses in the UK are at risk of cyber attacks by having unknown devices on their network, according to research by Forescout.
Of the 5.7 million businesses in Britain, 49% are in danger, the cybersecurity firm said, marking a significant increase of 110,000 from similar research in the year previous.
The main issue for firms is the increasing number of Internet of Things (IoT) and operational technology (OT) devices connected to their networks. More than two-thirds (69%) of organisations say they now have more than 1,000 connected devices, with one-in-five admitting they now have more than 10,000 connected devices.
While the survey, conducted by Censuswide, found that 85% of CIOs and IT decision makers acknowledge that a lack of visibility and control of these devices poses a threat, 1.6% of UK businesses admit they still have no cybersecurity protocols to protect themselves in this regard.
Forescout also found that the convergence of IT and OT can create “security blind spots that leave organisations vulnerable.”
The majority of IT decision makers (58%) believe that having a centralised approach to IT and OT security will protect businesses against vulnerabilities. However, only 49% have implemented such an approach within their own organisation.
Myles Bray, VP of EMEA at Forescout, commented: “Our latest research shows that, despite various new regulatory benchmarks and many notable attacks on industry giants in the past twelve months, UK businesses are still painfully unaware of the huge threat vector that connected devices presents.
“To properly protect themselves, it is imperative that organisations in the UK are able to not only identify but also fully manage and control every single third-party device that accesses their network.”
Forescout’s research follows similar analysis from digital security specialists, Gemalto, which found that less than half of businesses can detect if any of their IoT devices have suffered a breach.
Spending on IoT device protection has increased, according to Gemalto, from 11% of IoT budgets in 2017 to 13%.
Additionally, nearly all respondents (90%) believe IoT security is a huge consideration for customers, and almost three times as many consumers now see IoT security as an ethical responsibility (14%) compared to a year ago (4%).
The survey also found that companies across the world are calling on governments to intervene in this area, with 79% asking for more robust guidelines on IoT security, and 59% seeking advice on who is responsible for protecting devices.
In Scotland, Glasgow-based firm Boston Networks revealed this month that it will work with the Scottish Government to create guidelines on the use of IoT devices.
As part of the £6 million project, IoT Scotland will offer businesses advice on how to monitor the efficiency and security of their devices.


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The last time we saw some spy photos of the X5 was back in September and the whole car was decked out in camouflage. It looks like BMW has gotten given us a little gift for the holidays with the new X5 being spotted on the streets wearing a little less camo.
This next generation X5 is still on pace to go on sale in 2013 as a 2014 model with numerous changes coming for sure. Under the skin the X5 will share the general drivetrain components from the recently launched BMW X3, expanding on BMW's 'X for all' concept.
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The 2014 Lancaster Letterpress Printers Fair is slated for Sunday, Oct. 12, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the rear courtyard area of Building Character, 342 N. Queen St.
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The 2019 Toyota Corolla hatchback finally added some excitement to the Corolla lineup, but we’ve been wondering when Toyota will release an all-new Corolla sedan. Now it’s being reported that the redesigned Corolla sedan will arrive for the 2020 model year.
Details about the 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan are scarce, but Cars Direct has received the early order guides for the revamped compact sedan. It’s expected that the 2020 Corolla sedan will switch to Toyota’s TNGA platform, just like the Corolla hatchback. There’s also a good chance that the new Corolla sedan will also get the same engine as the Corolla hatchback. The Corolla hatchback is powered by a 2.0L four-cylinder engine with 168 horsepower and 151 lb-ft. of torque.
The 2020 Corolla sedan will also arrive with the Toyota Safety Sense P suite of safety technologies.
According to the order guides, the 2020 Toyota Corolla sedan will arrive in early 2020.
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The largest PET recycling plant in the country is now up and running.
It’s expected that the $45 million plant in Albury-Wodonga will “substantially reduce” Australia’s plastic waste by recycling the equivalent of around 1 billion PET beverage bottles each year.
The “world-class” facility is a joint venture partnership between Pact Group, Cleanaway Waste Management, Asahi Beverages, and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP). While competitors in the beverage market, CCEP and Asahi Beverages have come together for this joint venture to deliver an increase in the volume of PET plastics recycled in Australia.
During its construction and installation, the plant supported around 225 jobs. It will employ around 40 people, mostly Albury-Wodonga locals, for its 24/7 operations.
It’s claimed that around 30,000 tonnes of PET will be recycled each year. This will become recycled raw material to produce new beverage bottles plus other food and beverage packaging in Australia.
Solar energy will be used to power part of the facility. A water treatment unit and rainwater tanks will reuse and recycle as much water on site as possible.
Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley says that as Australia works internationally and domestically to reduce plastic waste it’s wonderful to see practical action and commitment coming to fruition in Albury today.
“Pact Group made a $500 million commitment at our first national plastic summit in 2020 and they, along with their JV partners Cleanaway, Asahi Beverages and Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, have made that a reality today. This demonstrates commitment to our national packaging targets when the supply chain and government work together,” she says.
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Pact Managing Director and CEO Sanjay Dayal says the opening of this state-of-the-art facility in Albury-Wodonga is a game changer for Australia’s plastic recycling industry.
“We are proud to be part of a sustainable solution to divert plastic waste from landfill and ensure we are recycling and manufacturing our drink bottles and food packaging here in Australia without the need to import plastic material from overseas,” he says. “Pact Group will continue to work with industry partners and governments to build a strong, local circular economy.”
Cleanaway Chief Financial Officer Paul Binfield says this bottle-to-bottle plastic recycling facility brings the circular economy on-shore to Australia giving everyone a chance to participate in making a sustainable future possible by recycling their bottles and buying beverages in recycled plastic packaging.
“Together with our partners, Cleanaway is working on a network of plastics recycling facilities integrated with our leading collection and sorting infrastructure to provide our customers with the most sustainable and circular solution for their plastic recycling,” he says.
Asahi Beverages Group CEO Robert Iervasi says this recycling plant is a testament to the sustainability commitment of each organisation involved.
“It can’t be underestimated how significant this project will be – we are providing an industry-wide solution that will benefit all Australians,” he says.
“Asahi Beverages already has a large beverage manufacturing plant in Albury, and we are excited to expand our presence, helping create more local jobs and helping lead the acceleration of Australia’s circular economy.
“Our consumers told us they wanted more recycled bottles, and together we have worked out a way to do that that will make a real impact.”
CCEP Vice President and General Manager Australia, Pacific and Indonesia Peter West says CCEP is committed to playing a leading role in Australia’s circular economy.
“With our partners, we are working towards creating a closed loop for our bottles where they are used, collected and given another life,” he says. “This plant, and the future Victorian plant, will complete this loop, help to solve the national rPET shortage and create new jobs for Australian workers. It is a proud moment in our corporate history.”


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Australians shocked by food served to elderly
A video revealing some of the types of foods typically to elderly Australian’s in care facilities has gone viral online.
The video was produced by The Lantern Project, an initiative which is aiming the improve the quality of food served to the elderly.
In the video, younger Australians are served a meal of pureed food that is then all mixed together, which is sometimes how food can be served in aged care facilities due to time constraints.
Surprised at the standard of the meal, they are instead served meals where the pureed foods have been shaped as the original foods would be, something which is encouraged to help improve the quality, presentation and enjoyment of the meal.
The video encourages viewers to visit The Lantern Project’s website, and for viewers to share their own experiences of eating at aged care facilities. These experiences will inform The Lantern Project in further ways to lift the overall standard of meal service for elderly Australians.
Numerous experts from leading aged care and food and nutrition experts are involved in The Lantern Project. The team includes Cherie Hugo from My Nutrition Clinic, celebrity chef Maggie Beer, former royal chef Peter Morgan Jones now of Hammond Care, and FoodLegal which provides pro-bono food compliance advice for the project.
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Ryanair opens new base in Britain despite warning that Brexit would be a disaster for the UK airline industry
Ryanair is opening a new base in Britain – in an apparent U-turn after warning that Brexit would be a disaster for the UK and the country’s airline industry.
The budget airline said it will start flying out of Southend in April, which sent shares in the airport’s owner, Stobart, soaring.
In March, Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary threatened to ground planes in a bid to force voters to rethink their position on leaving the EU.
UK base: Ryanair said it will start flying out of Southend in April, which sent shares in the airport’s owner, Stobart, soaring
He told an audience of airline leaders: ‘It’s only when you get to that stage you’re going to persuade the average British voter that you were lied to in the entire Brexit debate.’
But Southend will become its 14th UK base, creating 750 jobs, with Ryanair operating 13 routes to eight countries from the Essex airport, with destinations including Barcelona, Corfu, Milan and Venice.
Stobart Group was up 11.2 per cent, or 26.5p, at 263p.
But Ryanair chief commercial officer David O’Brien insisted the company was still as gloomy as ever about Brexit.
He said: ‘Don’t confuse this great news as some sort of vote of confidence in the future of UK aviation – it’s a vote of confidence in Southend Airport.’
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Acer’s upcoming CEO has abruptly resigned from the troubled PC maker, in a surprise move that will result in founder Stan Shih temporarily taking over leadership.
Two weeks after Acer named Jim Wong to be its next CEO, the PC maker on Thursday announced he was stepping down “in light of the company’s recent performance.”
Wong, who was formally company president, was originally supposed to replace J.T. Wang as its CEO next year. Now, however, the two executives are both resigning as the CEO position is being eliminated, according to a company statement.
In the interim, Shih will take over as chairman and corporate president. “Former CEO duties will be charged to the Chairman or President and this is expected to boost the companys decision making efficiency,” Acer said.
Wang and Wong will remain on as advisors.
The management shakeup occurs as Acer is posting poor earnings on declining PC shipments. The company, now the world’s fourth largest PC vendor, has primarily sold products to consumers, but the rise of tablets and smartphones have been eating into its sales.
Earlier this month, Acer said it formed an advisory committee to propose changes to its strategy. Shih was tasked to help lead the committee.
To survive, Acer will have to move into the enterprise sector, building premium consumer PCs, or expanding into new geographic markets, according to analysts.


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September 12, 2010 |
BADDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH): Amway India, a direct selling Fast Moving Consumer Goods ( FMCG ) company, planned to set up their second manufacturing facility in the country in South India, a senior company official said. It would help the company to boost its sales and increase its product range, Amway India Legal and Corporate Affairs Vice-President Yoginder Singh told visiting journalists to its facility here. The company, a 100 per cent subsidiary of US-based Amway Corporation, had been witnessing a 25 per cent year-on-year growth in its revenues, he said.
January 11, 2016 |
NEW DELHI: Drug firm Cadila Healthcare today said it has received Establishment Inspection Report (EIR) for Baddi manufacturing plant from the US health regulator after successful inspection closure. The company's "manufacturing plant at Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, has successfully obtained the Establishment Inspection Report from the United States Food and Drug Administration ( USFDA )", Cadila Healthcare said in a BSE filing. This will now pave the way for further approval of products from this site, it added.
March 7, 2016 |
NEW DELHI: Drug firm Alkem Labs Ltd today said one of its manufacturing plants in Gujarat has obtained the Establishment Inspection Report ( EIR ) "approval" from US health regulator USFDA. "Its manufacturing plant at Mandva, Gujarat, has successfully obtained the Establishment Inspection Report from the USFDA. The plant manufactures Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) and was inspected by the USFDA in September 2015," Alkem Labs said in a BSE filing. It further said: "The facility at Mandva would be Alkem's sixth plant to receive USFDA approval.
November 16, 2014 |
MUMBAI: L'Oreal India, which sells premium shampoos and cosmetics under brands such as L'Oreal Paris, Garnier and Maybelline New York, is setting up a hair colour manufacturing plant at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. "We are in the process of opening a second factory in the North. It will be at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh and will be only for hair colour, for which we plan a capacity of 100 million units," L'Oreal India Managing Director Jean-Christophe told media. The plant will be operational by the middle of next year and will cater to all its brands that sell cream-based hair colours, he said.
March 16, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: KK Birla Group flagship company Sutlej Textiles & Industries has received the approval from its Board of Directors to acquire Birla Textile Mills, located at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh. Birla Textile Mills is a unit of Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals. "The Board of Directors of the company has approved the purchase of Birla Textile Mills, located at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh , as a going concern from Chambal Fertilisers & Chemicals, on slump sale basis," Sutlej Textile & Industries said in a BSE filing.
July 9, 2015 |
BENGALURU: Desperate to stall the spate of farmer suicides in the state over dues to private moneylenders, the Karnataka government has directed a crackdown on the latter. Cooperation and sugar minister HS Mahadev Prasad told the Legislative Assembly that all deputy commissioners had been ordered to take up suo moto cases against moneylenders who impose extremely high rates of interest on farmers and pressure them to return the money. Three women attempted suicide by trying to jump into fire after setting their sugarcane fields ablaze in Mandya on Wednesday.
June 22, 2010 |
KOLKATA: Direct selling FMCG company Amway India Enterprises is targetting a turnover of Rs 2500 crore by 2012, a company official said today. "We are aiming 25 per cent growth to clock Rs 2500 crore by 2012", William S Pinckney, MD and CEO of Amway India, said. He added, the company had clocked a revenue of Rs 1407 crore in 2009, which was 22 per cent higher than its 2008 revenue. Pinckney said the company that owns a factory at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh, was considering setting up a new production facility to accomodate expanding business.
September 10, 2004 |
NEW DELHI: With the aim to double its sales turnover, premium shoe manufacturer Franco Leome will raise its daily output capacity by the next fiscal. "By 2006, we plan to raise our production capacity to 5,000 pairs per day from the current 2,000," Managing Director Vishal Bhambri told reporters here. The increased capacity would help the company double its sales turnover to Rs 40 crore, he added. The company's new plant at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh produces 2,000 pairs per day and a new plant would come up at Greater Noida with 3,000 pairs daily capacity by the middle of next year.
September 26, 2007 |
MUMBAI: Drug maker Glenmark Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday said it has received approval from the UK regulatory agency for its semi-solid (ointments and creams) product manufacturing plant in Himachal Pradesh. The plant located in Baddi has been approved for Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The green signal from the agency would enable Glenmark to supply creams and ointments in Europe in the near future.
December 14, 2004 |
BADDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH): Shoe firm M&B Footwear said on Tuesday it would invest about Rs 50 crore in expanding production and setting up 100 retail outlets for pan-India presence. The company is aiming at tripling its sales turnover to over Rs 150 crore in the next 3-4 years. "We have put in Rs 10 crore for setting up the first phase of our second manufacturing unit at Baddi and for the second phase we will invest Rs 15 crore more," M&B Footwear managing director Inder Dev Singh Musafir told visiting reporters.


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planet5D is very proud to be participating again in this year's NAB 2014 content being broadcast from the Teradek booth live on the show floor.
We’re doing a “daily wrap-up” show, but we also want to make sure you see some of the other amazing content in case you don’t get to watch live… so here’s one of our picks from the Teradek booth:
Broadcast Beat Coverage at NAB 2014 with Adobe
Debra Kaufman, Associate Editor at Broadcast Beat interviews Adobe team about what's coming up with the new line of Adobe products.
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Update: Two months after The New York Times and Reuters reported on the possibility that Johnson & Johnson baby powder may have contained asbestos, the Justice Department and Securities and Exchange Commission are investigating the company, according to a report by the * Times*. Johnson & Johnson is apparently cooperating with government inquiries the company received, according to a securities filing.
To learn more about what's going on, continue to our original story below.
Original report (January 31, 2019):
Baby powder. Who would think such a seemingly innocuous product would cause so much controversy? But several high-profile court cases and multimillion-dollar verdicts later, it seems that the question of whether using talc-containing baby powder increases the risk for cancer is becoming only more pressing—and the potential link may be coming into focus.
In December, Reuters released a report alleging that Johnson & Johnson covered up the presence of asbestos in the talc in their baby powder products for decades, possibly providing a mechanism by which a series of cancer cases could be traced back to the use of the powder. And a New York Times investigation raised similar concerns.
So what do these revelations mean for consumers? And how do they fit with what we know about the risks of using talc powder?
Here’s what you should know about the new allegations.
The Reuters investigation alleges that Johnson & Johnson knew that some of their talc was contaminated long after they claimed it was asbestos-free. According to the two investigations, testing over the past several decades of Johnson & Johnson’s talc products turned up positive results for small amounts of asbestos as early as 1957. But, the investigations allege, the company never revealed the presence of asbestos in its talc to the public.
However, Johnson & Johnson firmly denies that the powder was contaminated. For example, the company notes that the Reuters article cited asbestos-contaminated talc in samples from 1984, 1985, and 1986, but those samples (sourced from Windsor Minerals) were from “three California talc properties that we sourced for industrial talc use—not cosmetic. WSI and grade TC-700 have never been associated with Vermont, where we sourced our cosmetic talcs in the 1980s,” Ernie W. Knewitz, vice president of media relations at Johnson & Johnson, tells SELF. “Thousands of tests” by the company and others have shown that their talc does not contain asbestos, he said, directing SELF to the company’s information on talc safety and to two statements and two advertisements defending its products.
The company also notes that it has fully cooperated with the FDA and other global regulators when questions have arisen. According to one of the statements from J&J, The New York Times report “ignores independent, peer-reviewed studies of tens of thousands of women and more than 1,000 men by the nation’s foremost research institutions found that our talc does not cause cancer or asbestos-related disease, while instead pointing to studies 'conducted in the past few years by plaintiffs' lawyers' to support their premise."
Talc isn’t thought to be dangerous, but that could change if it’s contaminated with asbestos.
Scientists have previously been skeptical of the idea that exposure to talc increases the risk for cancer partly because there wasn’t a clear biological mechanism. But the presence of asbestos could change that.


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UPS has beaten heavy competition to begin supplying medical supplies to hospital supply company, WakeMed, via autonomous delivery drones. This marks a milestone for it being the first time that any company has commercially provided effective delivery for highly sensitive and perishable goods like blood using drones.
Much of the hype surrounding this development is what this means for the near future. Many are commenting that this will be the beginning of delivery drones bringing everything from retail items to lifesaving organ transplants to businesses and homeowners via advanced networks of autonomous drones.
It’s taken many years for the technology being worked on my many major tech giants to get a point where this kind of function can become a reality. Implications such as how to protect fleets of self-navigating delivery drones from vandalism and theft, how to ensure that no damage or injury is created by them, and how this relatively new tech can be reliable enough for your dinner to arrive on time, let alone a lifesaving emergency blood transfusion.
Delivery Drones are Big Business
Some of the largest companies in the US and globally have all been competing for first-mover advantages into the potentially multi-billion-dollar market. This is also one of the more obvious ways in which the fears of certain jobs being made obsolete en-masse could be realised. If the technology proves to be efficient and reliable, and especially if the cost is greatly reduced, we could expect to a huge upheaval within any sector that currently relies on humans to deliver items to customers.
While UPS has beaten out it’s competitors to be the first into the delivery drone market, it remains to be seen whether technological powerhouses such as Amazon will move into UPS’ slipstream and be able to expand upon the successful model which UPS has put in place.
Although delivery is clearly the bread and butter of UPS, Amazon has aggressively moved into many markets and niches, and used a combination of superior technological prowess and resources, and possibly the strongest brand in the world today with regards to advanced and emerging technologies.
While it remains to be seen what is next for industries like food delivery, retail delivery and medical delivery, it’s clear from these first promising steps that in the not-too-distant future, the skies may likely be filled with thousands of electronic delivery workers.


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Karnataka to host 7th edition of India International Coffee Festival
The 7th edition of the India International Coffee Festival (IICF) will be held in Bengaluru, Karnataka from January 16-19, 2018. It is being organised by the India Coffee Trust and State-run Coffee Board. The purpose of IICF 2018 is to promote the Indian coffees globally and is expected to attract over 100 companies, 600 delegates and some 10,000 visitors.
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eBay scored another legal victory Tuesday when a Belgian judge dismissed a lawsuit from cosmetics giant L'Oreal regarding the sale of counterfeit goods on the online auction site.
L'Oreal sued eBay in November 2007 in France, Belgium, Germany, Britain, and Spain because, it claimed, eBay was not doing enough to combat the sale of fake L'Oreal goods on its site. The Belgian court said it is not eBay's responsibility to patrol its site for counterfeit goods, according to Reuters.
None of the other countries have ruled on the issue. L'Oreal will reportedly appeal.
Earlier this week, jeweler Tiffany & Co. appealed a July decision that absolved eBay of any responsibility for counterfeit Tiffany items that appeared on the online auction site.
eBay was not so lucky in its fight against luxury goods manufacturer LVMH. A French court ordered eBay to pay the company, which includes the Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton brands, more than $60 million for its role in the sale of counterfeit products.


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I see a looming preferential trade deal with the United States is enough for Matthew Hooten to declare Phil Goff New Zealander of the year. High praise indeed. Although US trade deals don’t seem to have worked out quite so well for the much bigger economy of Australia (bigger than New Zealand that is, not the US!):
Australia is one of the few industrialized countries that have a deficit in its trade with the U.S., and that deficit has worsened significantly since the pact was enacted. During 2005, the first year of the FTA, U.S. exports to Australia increased to US$15.8 billion, up from US$14.2 billion in 2004. Yet Australian exports to the U.S. dropped slightly to US$7.3 billion, from US$7.5 billion in 2004. Last year, the deficit worsened, as U.S. exports to Australia grew about US$2 billion to US$17.8 billion, but Australian exports to the U.S. increased only to US$8.2 billion from US$7.3 billion a year earlier.
Anyway for a summary of the issue we now face in these upcoming negotiations you can’t go past No Right Turn’s succinct analysis:
Labour is patting itself on the back over the announcement that it will begin free-trade negotiations with the USA. Meanwhile, the rest of us might like to ask how much it will cost and what we will have to give up in order for New Zealand farmers to make a bit more money. Fortunately, the US Trade Representative compiles an annual report on “Foreign Trade Barriers”, which is quite informative on the issue. Here’s a list of New Zealand policies the US considers to be unacceptable barriers to trade, culled from its New Zealand report [PDF]:
- Restrictions on GM crops;
- Our current pathetically weak labelling scheme for GM products (informing consumers is a barrier to trade!);
- Import restrictions on potentially diseased food (stopping people from getting BSE is a barrier to trade!);
- Sane copyright law which recognises the rights of customers;
- Voluntary local content quotas for TV and radio (customer preferences are a barrier to trade!);
- The Overseas Investment Act (requiring that investment actually be beneficial is a barrier to trade!);
The question we should all be asking is how much, if any, of this we are willing to surrender so that farmers can get richer. My answer is “none”.


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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - The Argentine government said on Wednesday it struck a deal with retailers to freeze the prices of 1,247 food and household products for 90 days to combat inflation as the country heads toward congressional elections next month.
Consumer prices are rising at almost 50% annually as the country pulls out of a long recession.
"We need to stop the ball so that food does not continue limiting the buying power of wage earners," the country's Secretary of Internal Commerce, Roberto Feletti, said in a statement announcing the program.
"The basic food basket in December 2019 was 9% of the average salary and in the last measurement it was 11%," he said.
While good for consumers, the price-freeze measure may generate discomfort among retailers.
The Peronist government of center-left President Alberto Fernandez got thumped in primary elections last month. The coalition wants to do better in the Nov. 14 vote.
(Reporting by Lucila Sigal, writing by Hugh Bronstein; Editing by Cynthia Osterman)


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Factory output in China increased last month at its fastest pace this year easing fears of a slowdown
Factory output in China increased last month at its fastest pace this year, easing fears of a slowdown.
The purchasing managers’ index – where scores above 50 show growth – rose from 50.4 in April to 50.8 in May.
China’s government had launched a host of measures to boost growth after it slowed from 7.7 per cent in the final quarter of last year to 7.4 per cent in the first quarter this year.
A female laborer working at a factory in Yiwu, East China's Zhejiang province, China - output in the country's factories rose last month at its fastest pace this year
‘Activities have stabilised due to pro-growth policies,’ said analysts at ANZ bank.
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Source: Facebook - Supercell
Citing anonymous sources with insight in the matter the Wall Street Journal writes that the rumoured deal between the Chinese Tencent and Japanese SoftBank is progressing to the late stages.
According to the Wall Street Journal's sources the deal would value Supercell upwards of $9 billion. That's almost a $4 billion increase from the implied value Supercell achieved a year ago when SoftBank increased its stake in Supercell by 22.7%.
The increase in value is understandable against the background that only in the last year Supercell’s revenue has increased by 36% to $2.4 billion and made a profit of $960 million. 100 million people now play Supercell's games every day.
Since 2010 Supercell has produced four games that are all superhits.
Supercell, founded in 2010, produced only three games in its first five years of existence and scrapped 14, but the launched games are all global superhits. Clash of Clans is the highest grossing app of all time. In 2013, the games Hay Day and Clash of Clans generated revenues of $2.4 million per day, making Supercell the number one mobile games developer in the world.
That’s pretty impressive considering Supercell only has 190 employees and its games are created by developer teams consisting of at most half a dozen people.
This graph shows how fast Supercell has grown.
It was during the record year of 2013 that Supercell achieved unicorn status. In conjunction with investments in the startup in April Supercell was valued at $770 million. In October 2013, SoftBank bought 51% of Supercell for $1.5 billion. That sale broke a couple of records in Finland - like the founders paying the highst taxes in history. If the $9 billion deal goes through that will make the first one seem pretty puny, and SoftBank will certainly have made a quite handsome profit.
Supercell's founders will remain in control.
One of Supercell's co-founders Ilkka Paananen recently said that an IPO will never be an option for Supercell. In accordance with that statement the Wall Street Journal reports that to acquire Supercell Tencent would have to waive the right to ever force an IPO, and agree to leave control of Supercell to the founders and the company's current management.
Definite confirmation of the deal has yet to be reported by the involved parties. rumours have been flourishing, and it was not long ago Reuters cited anonymous sources saying that SoftBank would sell for only about $5 billion.


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The team at Helicoid Industries saw the need for a lighter, stronger motorcycle helmet to enhance safety and performance for both consumer riders and competitive racers. The lighter helmet lowers inertia, potentially decreasing the severity of head and neck injuries in a crash, as well as increasing comfort for riders and enhancing maneuverability.
Helicoid™ is a bioinspired fiber-reinforced composite technology based on microstructures found in nature that are able to protect themselves from extreme environments and strong impact. Implementing Helicoid™ technology, the team at Helicoid Industries was able to reduce the weight of protective helmet prototypes as well as reducing the composite materials used to produce the helmet by up to 25%. The helmet performed in impact tests at both hot and cold temperatures and against multiple surfaces. Even at the new, lighter weight, the helmet prototype meets ECE (Economic Commission for Europe) and CPSC (Consumer Product Safety Commission) industry safety standards, including peripheral vision, impact absorption, perforation resistance, and more.
“The Helicoid™ technology has the potential to disrupt the composite protective helmet market,” said Dr. Lorenzo Mencattelli, director of research & development at Helicoid Industries Inc. “These preliminary results show that we can integrate Helicoid™ technology in thin-shell fiber-reinforced structures, achieving significant margins of weight reduction while ensuring the helmet safety requirements. Additionally, by acting on the fiber architecture to steer damage and enhance impact protection, Helicoid technology can be quickly integrated into existing production lines currently in use without requiring any change in raw material sourcing or molding techniques. This offers a turn-key solution for short lead-time production and cost savings. Helicoid™ technology is certainly paving the way for a more efficient use of fiber-reinforced composites in sporting goods equipment.”
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We're hearing a lot about metaverses and NFTs lately and it seems like the topic of the week on our show as we're revisiting this fascinating issue throughout this week.
So we've got a glimpse into the metaverse earlier this week talking to a tech futurist, and today, we'll be talking about NFTs in the metaverse and how K-pop entertainment companies are leveraging on this promising technology.
Joining us today live in the studio is music and culture critic Youngdae Kim, to tell us more about it. Great to have you with us.
So there's been news recently that major K-pop labels such as JYP, YG and SM have been aggressively investing in metaverse platforms. JYP has teamed up with blockchain company Dunamu to build an NFT platform, which is the first among entertainment groups to make the move. What is the background behind this and why is this a big deal?
Many other entertainment companies and K-pop labels and groups are jumping into the NFT business. Looks like fans will be able to purchase digital tracks and buy and sell items related to their idol stars using NFTs. Is this how NFTs will mostly be used? How are they being used in the entertainment industry both locally and globally?
It seems as if the entertainment industry is looking into the future of K-pop with these new technologies such as blockchain and NFTs and their usage in metaverses. Why is this technology important for the industry? Are there any dangers or downsides to it? Obviously, we can imagine some issues rising regarding privacy, IP, or ethics?
Do you think the adoption and usage of such technology can possibly change, not just the way we consume K-pop and idol groups, but the future of the music industry in general? Will this be sustainable in the long run?
Music critic and ethnomusicologist, Youngdae Kim, on Metaverse and NFTs in the K-pop industry.
Thanks for your insights, Youngdae.


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The Game Awards are an annual gaming event held at the end of each year to honor the year’s best new releases. I will hold the show on December 8, 2022 at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California. While Geoff Keighley hosts The Game Awards, and the advisory board includes industry luminaries such as Lisa Su and Hideo Kojima, among others, the nominations process involves over 100 media outlets.
Winners are determined by a combined vote of public fan votes and the same jury of media outlets that submit nominees. The Game Awards claim that this nomination and voting process keeps voting neutral and platform-agnostic and that the advisory board has no influence over the votes because many of the members are actively involved in the development of titles that will inevitably make it into the event. The public vote to complete the nominees began on November 28, 2022, with the second round beginning on December 1. If you want to be a part of the action, you can vote in each of the three voting phases by going to The Game Awards’ Player’s Voice page. ‘
Valve’s Steam is involved in the show, and the gaming giant has certainly brought the goods — goods worth $97,350.
The Steam Deck is a handheld gaming console released by Valve in February 2022. It has a bright 7-inch 1280×800 IPS touchscreen and a custom AMD APU with enough horsepower to get you a stable 60 fps in most games at that resolution. The Steam Deck can also be docked to a monitor to function as a full Linux-based desktop PC, and it includes all the controls needed to play virtually any game on Steam.
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Valve will give away one 512 GB Steam Deck — worth $649 — every minute during the live broadcast of The Game Awards, which is expected to last around 150 minutes. 150 Steam Decks is nothing to scoff at, but there are some rules and restrictions, as there always are. The giveaway is only open to residents of the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union. To be eligible for the Steam Deck giveaway, you must have made a purchase on Steam between November 14, 2021 and November 14, 2022. To enter the giveaway, you must watch the live show via the Steam Store page or on SteamTV when it airs.


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Google Meet lastly helps 1080p video calls — however just for paying subscribers. In an replace on Wednesday, Google says it’s bringing the improve to pick Workspace and Google One customers.
Moreover, you may solely entry 1080p video calls on the web-based model of Google Meet, and all of it is dependent upon whether or not your pc’s webcam really helps the decision. Google additionally notes that you just’ll want extra bandwidth to ship 1080p video and says that it’ll mechanically modify your decision if bandwidth is “constrained.”
The characteristic isn’t enabled by default, however you may toggle it on by choosing the three dots within the prime proper nook of your video feed after which hitting Activate HD video. Since Google Meet beforehand solely supported resolutions of 720p or decrease, it’s good that we lastly get the possibility to see our colleagues extra clearly. Different videoconferencing apps, together with Zoom and Microsoft Groups, have already got assist for 1080p calls.
Google says 1080p video calling is out there for all customers with the next plans: Workspace Enterprise Customary, Enterprise Plus, Enterprise Starter, Enterprise Customary, Enterprise Plus, the Instructing and Studying Improve, Training Plus, Enterprise Necessities, and Frontline. It’s additionally out there to customers with a Google One plan that helps not less than 2TB of storage.
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These companies hope to make their presence felt through branded GIFs and stickers that will be made available through keyboard applications that people can download, access and add stickers and GIFs to their messages.
“These formats come from the idea that communication should be informal, casual and emotionally connected.
It adds the right kind of humour to conversations. Brands need to leverage this trend. We do two to three campaigns every month on stickers and GIFs, but budgets are very small,” said Sharadh Manian, GM at digital agency SVG Media.
WhatsApp has about 350-400 million users in India with no advertising model. Its business product prohibits spread of promotional content, restricting mass distribution of brand messages.
“People in India want conversational content. If you see the student population, they talk in stickers. It is an entry for brands into WhatsApp as it does not allow advertising yet. Being part of daily conversations improves brand positioning,” said Ankit Prasad, founder of Bobble AI, a keyboard startup that works with brands to make personalised stickers and GIFs. It claims to have 5 million daily active users.
Until now, stickers and GIFs have had international themes, which are not able to meet local demand. Indian startups such as Bobble AI, GifsKey and Xploree have become the primary sources of localised stickers and GIFs, apart from dozens of applications available on app stores. “We are thinking of making stickers for brands that go well with different festivals or occasions.
For example, a sweet company may want to create a sticker for Diwali. Viral content is always helpful for brands,” said Bhawna Bansal, founder at Stickotext.
Google acquired Tenor, which powers a variety of GIF keyboards on phones and messengers, last year.
GIF search engine giant Giphy is one of the major competitors of Tenor. In China, GIFs and stickers have been very popular on applications like WeChat.
In India, as the trend is still picking up, most brands are experimenting with the format as it is yet to be proven. Companies are launching these campaigns from their experimental budgets.
“If a brand wants to be part of a conversation, it has to be smooth, not intrusive.
I think it has potential for brands who have a heart and tone of voice, who are fun brands,” said Syed Hasan, A&B Advertising. “However, the kind of budgets that are being put behind these are minuscule
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